What artist immediately comes to mind when I say...

[Slowy]

S'pose I should make an effort:

335: Alvin Lee
Explorer: Edge
Firebird: Johnny Winter
Flying V: Albert King
Gretsch: Chet Atkins
Jaguar: Johnny Marr
Jazz Bass: Jaco Pastorius
Jazzmaster: Nels Kline
Les Paul: Mark Knopfler
P Bass: Sting
Rickenbacker: Roger McGuinn
SG: Derek Trucks
Strat: David Gilmour
Superstrat: Gary Moore
Tele: Brad Paisley
Thunderbird: Gerry Anderson

[ChAoZ]

335: Mark Kendall
Explorer: Papa Hetfield
Flying V: Dave Mustaine - King V
Gretsch: Billy Duffy
Jaguar: Cobain
Les Paul: Nail
P Bass: Steve Harris
Rickenbacker: Lemmy
SG: Angus
Strat: SRV
Superstrat: EVH
Tele: Springsteen

[Danger Mouse]

Gretsch: Billy Duffy

I was wondering if anyone would have that association. When everyone else was Jackson/Hamer/Kramer/BC Rich etc, Billy was rocking away on his White Falcon in the vids for songs off Electric. Took me a long time to find out the album is pretty much all Les Paul into a Marshall

[The Scarecrow]

335: me, 2005
Explorer: me, 2008
Firebird: me, 2012
Flying V: me, 2011
Gretsch: me, 2008
Jaguar: me, 2012
Jazz Bass: me, 2004 trying to play bass
Jazzmaster: me, 2009
Les Paul: me, 2004
P Bass: me, 2004 trying to play bass but more punky
Rickenbacker: me, 2013
SG: me every other year
Strat: me, 1996
Superstrat: me, 1994
Tele: me also every other year
Thunderbird: me, borrowing one around 2015 and realising I still suck at bass

[Aquila Rossa]

Okay, I'll play this game and reveal my age by doing so

335: BB King
Explorer: Gary Moore
Firebird: Johnny Winter
Flying V: Albert King
Gretsch: Chet Atkins
Jaguar: Kirt Cobain? (edit: that was a Mustang -- near enough I guess, i.e., just another bolt on F guitar hehe)
Jazz Bass: John Paul Jones
Jazzmaster: The fella at Norm's Rare Guitars.
Les Paul: Jimmy Page
P Bass: Dunno.
Rickenbacker: Lemmy.
SG: Angus
Strat: Jimi Hendrix
Superstrat: Jake E Lee
Tele: Roy Buchanan
Thunderbird: Singer in Cream, but my brain is not working today. Oh, Jack Bruce

[calling card]

Needs more Duck Dunn on the P bass.

[Hollow]

Gretsch: Billy Duffy

I was wondering if anyone would have that association. When everyone else was Jackson/Hamer/Kramer/BC Rich etc, Billy was rocking away on his White Falcon in the vids for songs off Electric. Took me a long time to find out the album is pretty much all Les Paul into a Marshall

I think that might have been Rick Rubin's doing. Apparently he wanted Billy's guitars to sound as close as possible to Back in Black. Billy's sound on the earlier session they did for Electric are much more like his guitar sound on Love.

[Danger Mouse]

Gretsch: Billy Duffy

I was wondering if anyone would have that association. When everyone else was Jackson/Hamer/Kramer/BC Rich etc, Billy was rocking away on his White Falcon in the vids for songs off Electric. Took me a long time to find out the album is pretty much all Les Paul into a Marshall

I think that might have been Rick Rubin's doing. Apparently he wanted Billy's guitars to sound as close as possible to Back in Black. Billy's sound on the earlier session they did for Electric are much more like his guitar sound on Love.

Yep, from memory Rick was in a big AC/DC phase and had wanted to do an album like that for a while, The Cult presented the perfect opportunity. The first iteration of Electric was White Falcon, but Rick wanted to go with the well-trodden path of the big rock ingredients when he took over.

Been a while since I read about it, but I think Billy was already struggling with the White Falcon. As they grew more popular, the stages got bigger and they were playing louder, he really started fighting with feedback so didn't fight to move to an LP.

[crowbgood1]

335: Alvin Lee
Explorer: Hetfield
Firebird: Johnny Winter
Flying V: Billy Gibbons
Gretsch: Brian Setzer
Jaguar: Will Sergeant
Jazz Bass: John Paul Jones
Jazzmaster: Robert Smith
Les Paul: So many, I will pick Jimmy Page (Song Remains The Same – Movie)
P Bass: Donald Duck Dunn
Rickenbacker: Tom Petty
SG: Angus Young
Strat: Hank Marvin
Superstrat: Eddie
Tele: The Boss
Thunderbird: Martin Turner

[robthemac]

335: Trio-era Mayer
Explorer: idk Mayer never played one
Firebird: idk Mayer never played one
Flying V: idk Mayer never played one
Gretsch: idk Mayer never played one
Jaguar: idk Mayer never played one
Jazz Bass: idk Mayer never played one
Jazzmaster: idk Mayer never played one
Les Paul: Mayer in that video where he joins the 13-year-old kids band with an Epi LP an Roland Cube amp
P Bass: Pino Palladino
Rickenbacker: idk Mayer never played one
SG: idk Mayer never played one
Strat: Continuum-era Mayer
Superstrat: Sob Rock-era Mayer
Tele: idk Mayer never played one
Thunderbird: idk Mayer never played one

[Aquila Rossa]

I am surprised I am the only one who associates the Telecaster with Roy Buchanan. He mastered the Telecaster. They called him the world's greatest unknown guitar player.

[Litterick]

There is the reason: he is unknown.

I associate the Telecaster with Ed Bickert and Bill Frisell.

[robthemac]

There is the reason: he is unknown.

I associate the Telecaster with Ed Bickert and Bill Frisell.

So many for this one. Haggard, Paisley, Lange, Richards, Springsteen, Danny Gatton, Andy Summers...

[olegmcnoleg]

S'pose I should make an effort:

335: Alvin Lee
Explorer: Edge
Firebird: Johnny Winter
Flying V: Albert King
Gretsch: Chet Atkins
Jaguar: Johnny Marr
Jazz Bass: Jaco Pastorius
Jazzmaster: Nels Kline
Les Paul: Mark Knopfler
P Bass: Sting
Rickenbacker: Roger McGuinn
SG: Derek Trucks
Strat: David Gilmour
Superstrat: Gary Moore
Tele: Brad Paisley
Thunderbird: Gerry Anderson

nice list! Finally, somebody pairs the SG with its current king

[olegmcnoleg]

There is the reason: he is unknown.

I associate the Telecaster with Ed Bickert and Bill Frisell.

So many for this one. Haggard, Paisley, Lange, Richards, Springsteen, Danny Gatton, Andy Summers...

Or indeed any member of the Hellecasters. Glad to see Lange get a namecheck at last.